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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

施: give, bestow

Also: perform, alms

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

方 and 𠂉 carry the meaning · 也 gives the sound

9 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

シshi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 施設しせつfacility; facilities; institution
  • 実施じっしenforcement; implementation
  • 施策しさくpolicy; measure
  • 施行しこうputting in force (a law)
  • 施政しせいgovernment; administration; statesmanship

セse · on'yomi

  • 布施ふせalms-giving; charity
  • 施工せこうconstruction; constructing; carrying out

ほどこすhodokosu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 施すほどこすto give (time, money, goods); to donate

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)㫃 (meaning) + 也 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 施 (rev. 93437901), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Direction (方) + unroll (也). To "unroll" a decree in a specific "direction"—representing the act of enforcing a law or "giving" a command to the public.”
From the 方 direction story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
方

Also built on direction (方)

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𠂉

Also built on 𠂉

也

Also built on to be (也)

The 也 family reads ヤ (ya); 施 is read シ、セ.

Also read シ

63 kanji share this on'yomiAll 63

Also read セ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
施 give · 𠂉 + 也
vs放 set free · 攵
施 has 𠂉 + 也 where 放 has 攵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shī

Same form: 施 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
施 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
施 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shī most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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